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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
World
Laycie Beck

Life next to abandoned airfield where neighbours love not having shops or a pub

People have shared what it is like to live in a "quiet" hamlet next to a disused airfield. Residents living in Newton, near East Bridgford, say they love it and despite there being no local amenities they wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

Many residents have lived in the area for years and can remember what it was like when the airfield was still active. Retired Shirley Blake, 67, has lived in Newton for 25 years, and said: "It's just quiet and it's on the edge of the countryside but it's only about half an hour into the city and we can go to Newark or Bingham.

"We have everything around us, the only thing is that it's started to develop quite a lot more. When I first moved here there was about 145 houses and now there are much more.

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